All About the Color YELLOW

INTRODUCING YELLOW
Yellow shines with optimism, enlightenment, and happiness. Shades of golden yellow carry the promise of a positive future. Yellow will advance from surrounding colors and instill optimism and energy, as well as spark creative thoughts.

HOW THE COLOR YELLOW AFFECTS US
Stimulates mental processes
Stimulates the nervous system
Activates memory
Encourages communication

YELLOW: THE COLOR OF THE SOLAR PLEXUS CHAKRA
Yellow is the color of the Solar Plexus Chakra, also known as Manipura. This chakra is located in the stomach area. It is linked to the stomach, liver, skin, large intestine, muscular system, and solar plexus area.
The Solar Plexus Chakra is representative of vitality and will. When this chakra is open, it acts to empower a person and help them find their personal strength. It will help turn dreams and goals into reality. Gemstones that will aid the Solar Plexus Chakra include amber and citrine.

YELLOW AROUND THE GLOBE
In Chinese culture, colors corresponded with the five primary elements, the directions, and the four seasons. Yellow was associated with earth and the center (in relation to direction).
The Chinese have placed a predominance upon the color yellow not seen elsewhere in the world. It was the color of emperors during both the Ming dynasty and the Quing dynasty.
Huangdi, also known as the Yellow Emperor, is thought to be the founder of Chinese civilization, due to the tremedous amount of inventions that took place during his reign.
In India, yellow is the color of the Vaisya caste, or farmers, and is the color Hindus wear to celebrate the Festival of Spring.
During the tenth century in France, the doors of traitors and criminals were painted yellow.
In the United States, taxi cabs and school buses are associated with the color yellow.
During the 1357 Japanese "War of Dynasty," warriors wore a yellow chrysanthemum as a pledge of courage.
Jews wore yellow armbands in Nazi concentration camps.
In Aztec culture, yellow symbolized food because it was the colour of corn, the primary food of the Aztec people.
Yellow signifies “sadness” in Greece’s culture and “jealousy” in France’s culture.